Toy dump cart or wagon



C. E. GILBERT AND A. H. CARLSON. TOY D'UMP CART OR WAGON. APPLlCATIONFILED APR. 8, 1920.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

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TOY DUMP CART R WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent- 11 sqepit 48, 11921,

Application filed April 8, 1920. Serial No. 372,140.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES E. GILBERT and ANoRov H. Canteen, citizensof the United States, residing at 293 William St.,

5 Bridgeport, and F'airfield Ave., Bridgeport, .county of Fairfield,State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Toy Dump Carts orWagons, of which the following is a Specification.

The present invention provides a novel toy which. is simple instructure, attractive in appearance, and cheap to manufacture, and onewhich is especially suitable for the amusement of children.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of parts as now to be fully described andhereinafter specifically claimed. I

In the accompanying drawing forming a. part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the novel to Fig. 2 a longitudinalsectional view; 25 and Fig. -3 is a side. elevation of a modified form.

The running gear of the toy dump cart 0 wagon of the invention may be ofany ordinary or preferred form. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it consistsof side strips .10 of metal which are connected by cross strip 11 nearthe frontof the wagon and by a U-shaped bracket 12 near the rearthereof. The rear wheels and the body of the wagon are pivoted to thearms of U-shaped bracket 12, sides 13 of the body having riveted to themreinforcing strips 14 for'this purpose. The front ends of the sidestrips are turned upwardly and shaped as shown to provide a support forthe seat of the wagon. .the seat there is a second cross strip 15 whichconnects the front ends of the side strips to each other, and pivoted tothe middle oint of cross strip 15 is a U-shaped supporting member 16 forthe seat of the wagon. The arms of supporting member 16 extenddownwardly and are connected to opposite ends of a cross supportingstrip 17 having o downwardly turned cars 18 in which the axle forthefront wheels is pivoted. A tie clamp 19, shaped as shown. is provided,and has its rear end attached to the midlength of'cross stri 1 1 and itsfront end pivotally attached a to tile midlength of supporting stri 17by means of a rivet 20. Also attache ,tothe supporting strip, on eitherside of rivet 20,

Beneath are the inner ends of converging strips 21 the outer ends ofwhich pivotally carry a handle 22. It will be seen that the axle for thefront wheels can be turned to any angle without interference from thetie clamp. The tie clamp serves two functions. lit acts as a brace forthe seat, as will be apparent, and it carries spaced apart struck-upcars 23 for a purpose to be explained. Converging.

strips 21 carry a shaped bracket 24 the purpose of which will be madeapparent.

25 denotes a dumping lever which is pivot'ally attached to thecouter endof the handle as indicated at 26, and 27 denotes a link which is pivotedat its outer end to the dumping lever and at its inner end to bell cranklever 28 the pivot point 29 of which is in shaped bracket 24. A secondbell crank lever 30 is pivoted between struck up ears 23. As moreclearly shown in Fig. 2, the rearwardly extending arm of hell cranklever 28 and the forwardly extending arm of bell crank lever 30 areadapted for attachment to each other. For this purpose, each of the armsjust mentioned'is provided with an elongated, longitudinal slot. Adouble headed rivet 31 passes loosely through the slots. lit will beapparent that by connecting the bell crank levers in the mannerdescribed these levers can be turned to any desired angle with respectto each other. That is, the handle, the front axleand bell crank lever28 can be turned to any angle with respect to the wagon body withoutinterference from hell crank lever 30. The rear arm of bell crank lever30 pivotally carries one end of a link 32 the other end of which ispivotally connected to the midlength of a spindle 33. Opposite ends ofthe spindle pivotally carry the inner ends of toggle arms, denoted by34:, 35 and 36, respectively. The outer ends of the toggle arms areivotally attached to opposite sides already been suggested, this will beso no matter what may be the angular positlonof forced upwardly, aswillbe obvious. As has eachother. The forwardly wagon body and to forcethe tail gate to.

swing on its pivot. When the dumping lever is returned to the positionof Flg. 1,

the action will be the reverse. As shown,

the body is pivoted to the running gear at a oint to the rear of themiddle portion of the body, so that when in the position shown in Fig.1, the front portion of the body Wlll rest on spindle 33.

In the modified form of Fig. 3, the cart body is pivotedto the runninggear as in the preferred structure. A pivoted tall gate 4,]. isprovided, and arms 42 are pivoted to the tail gate and to the axle orsome art of the running gear. Side strips 43 of t e running gear areinwardly bent to extend toward each other, as indicated at 44, and theinwardly bentportions merge into a handle 45. The side strips areconnected to each other and thus braced, by a cross strip havingupturned arms 46 which carry a spindle 47 at their upper ends. A bellcrank lever 48 is pivotally attached to the midlength of spindle 4:7 andhas its lower arm pivotally attached to a link49. The outer end of this.link pivotally carries a dumping lever 50 which is arranged on theupper side of the handle to have sliding movement thereon. For thispurpose dumping lever 50 is provided with longitudinal slits 51. .Doubleheaded rivets 52, passing through the slits and the handle, hold the thehandle. The outer end of the other arm of bell crank lever 48 isprovided with a cross pin 53. At the front of the bottom of the cartbody and located near the longitudinal center of said bottom, are twospaced apart sliding brackets 54 which are arranged lengthwise on thebody and are parallel to extending arm of the bell crank lever liesbetween the sliding brackets, and the cross pin has its ends extendinginto and beneath the brackets, as will be understood. The slidingbrackets thus guide the cross pin and limit itsjlongitudinal movement onthe bottom of the cart body. 55 denotes a supporting foot forthe cart.

the bell crank lever will be pulled forwardly and the arm which isengaged with the sliding brackets will be elevated to tilt the body,

the cross pin sliding from front to rear of the sliding brackets. As thecart body is dumping lever to ning gear and thebody, and a dum pivotedto the running gear at a point to the rear of its middle, when thedumping lever is returned to the full line position of F ig. 3 the bodywill rest on spindle 47. When the body is made to tilt as justdescribed, its rear end will move to a point closer to the axle thanwhen the body was in horizontal position, while arms 42 will rotate onthe axle. Consequently, the rear end of the body will be moved away fromthe tail gate. That is, the tail gate will be swung on its pivot andaway from the cart body, as it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

tVhat we desire to claim is: 1. A toy dump cart or wagon, comprising arunning gear having a body and a handle pivoted thereto, a tail gatepivoted to the body, a dumping lever pivoted to the handle, toggle arms,and means connecting the toggle arms with the dumping lever, saidconnecting means including bell crank levers adjacent arms of which areloosely connected so that said levers may have angular movement withrespect to each other, whereby said dumping lever may be actuated totilt said body and throw said tail gate -on its pivot regardless of therelative angular positions of said bell crank levers.

2. In a toy dump cart or wagon, a running gear having a body and ahandle pivoted thereto, a tailgate pivoted to the body, a

dumping lever pivoted to the handle, toggle arms, means connecting thetoggle arms with tween the body and the tail gate and the running gear,a handle for maneuvering the cart, a dumpinglever thereon and meanswhereby. the body and tail gate may be moved to dumping position bymovement of the dumping lever in the direction of travel of the cartwhile the cart or wagon is in motion.

4. In a toy dump cart or wagon, a body, a

running gear, steering mechanism, a handle attached to the steeringmechanism, dumping mechanism extending between the runin lever carriedby the handle and pivota 1y ionnected to the dumping mechanism wherebythe body may be moved to dumping position regardless of the anglebetween the cart and the handle.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

- CHARLES E. GILBERT.

ANDROV H. CARLSON.

